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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: bibliography
From:       Richard Heck <rgheck () comcast ! net>
Date:       2010-09-13 12:19:17
Message-ID: 4C8E16C5.7090401 () comcast ! net
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On 09/13/2010 12:21 AM, Jacob Bishop wrote:
> Cristina,
>
> I use jab-ref to manage my bibliographies for documents I create with 
> LyX on Windows XP and Windows, and occasionally Kubuntu. I have 
> personally never tried to configure the LyX pipe stuff or any of that.
>
> I do exactly as Richard suggests, "Insert>Lists/TOC>BibTeX 
> Bibliography, then select the BibTeX file and whatever bibliography 
> style you want to use. "
>
> That does everything I need. Then, if I want a citation, I just use 
> insert>citation. I'm guessing the extra stuff is to insert the 
> citation while in jab-ref or something. I've never seen the need 
> though. For this part, it's always worked for me right out of the box 
> on both Windows installations as well as Kubuntu.
>
LyX has some ability to search for citations, but it's very minimal 
compared to what JabRef can do. Also, if you need to enter a new 
citation, then it's a pain to go do it in JabRef and then do 
Insert>Citation in LyX. Much easier just to "push" the citation from 
JabRef. Once you have the pipes set up, this is as simple as 
highlighting it and hitting Ctrl-L. So it's worth doing, especially on 
Linux, since it is so easy.

Richard

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